Ricardo Semler had the sort of reckoning at 21 that most executives dont face until middle age. Fresh from law school, where hed been a restless underachiever, Semler took over his fathers business, ...

Last year, the CEO of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer, created shock waves throughout the tech world by dictating that “work from home” was no longer permitted. She summarily herded everyone back into the Office ...

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RICARDO SEMLER: Basically I was redesigning my own life and we were managing to do this with a lot of people in the company, which was to say that it’s very silly to still live a life that is a Monday ...

In two decades, successful entrepreneur Ricardo Semler turned Semco Partners from a four million dollar company to a 212 million-dollar company – namely by creating an intuitive, innovative work ...

Zigging where others are zagging is Ricardo Semler's native mode. He has become one of Brazil's most visible businessmen, partly thanks to his company Semco's success (the manufacturing and data ...

(CNN) -- For almost 25 years, Ricardo Semler, CEO of Sao Paulo-based Semco SA, has let his employees set the terms of their employment: hours, wages, even their office technology. This has resulted in ...

Business guru Ricardo Semler gave workers in his family business power to run the firm – now he is adopting the same approach at his own school, reports Andrew Downie Ricardo Semler with his pupils at ...

When Ricardo Semler became the CEO of his father's company, he reorganized it with the belief that less management and more flexibility meant a better workplace and bigger profits. Ricardo Semler ...

Business guru Ricardo Semler gave workers in his family business power to run the firm – now he is adopting the same approach at his own school, reports Andrew Downie Ricardo Semler with his pupils at ...